Keene State flies past PSU Womens Hoop

Feb 10, 2004

KEENE, N.H. - Freshman Bri Barnes (Merrimack,
N.H.) came off the bench to score a game-high 20 points Tuesday
night to lead the Keene State College women's basketball team to a
76-49 Little East Conference victory over rival Plymouth State
University at Spaulding Gymnasium.

Keene State, which had lost seven of its last eight, improves to
9-12 overall and 4-7 in the LEC, while Plymouth State falls to
10-12 and 4-7 in league play. The two teams split their
regular-season meetings this season, with PSU prevailing 83-78 in
Plymouth. The Panthers had won the last five games between the two
teams.

The Owls took control of the game midway through the first half
when they extended a nine-point lead (15-6) into a 20-point cushion
(38-18) and maintained its 20-point advantage (42-22) at the break.
The Panthers cut the lead to 12 points (46-34) at the 14:31 mark,
but Keene State built its advantage back up to 20 points (54-34)
over the next three minutes and coasted home the rest of the way.

Barnes, who missed the Owls' last four games with a strained
knee injury, hit 5-of-10 from the field, including a pair of
three-pointers, and all eight free throws. Three other Owls scored
in double figures -- Sarah Begnoche (Millville, Mass.) and Andrea
Arsenault (Dover, N.H.) had 12 points apiece and Bekka Hopkins
(Oxford, Mass.) chipped in with 11. Begnoche also had a season and
game-high 11 rebounds.